Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-07

.SIDEW1LK PR1TTLE.
Week Of warm rains.

A favorite winter resort-'round the
stove.
The atmosphere of these latitudes is
truly "circumambient."
Several of our young men are busily
engaged in raising mustaches.
Our promised Fairview correspondent
has thus far failed to materialize.
Good roads indicate prosperous,
intelligent and refined community.
The county officials are rustling
bondsmen for the next two years.
The cold waves may now be expected
to increase in power. Winter now
The new prescription stand just put in
the drug store gives it metropolitan
appearance.
Saith the psalmist: weeping may
endure for night but joy cometh in
the morning."
Save your cold tea for the vinegar
barrel. 1t sours easily and gives color
and flavor.
j. c. Eccles, ex-postmaster at this
burg, made us new years call and
squared accounts.
Wood thieves are about. Keep your
wood shed door secure and sleep with a
Colts navy under your pillow.
Did you ever notice it On the quar-
ter the eagle looks over its right wing |;
on the twenty cent piece over the left.
II. II. Estes and T. ]. Yandall were
over from the west side new years day
on land office biz and smiled on the
printer.
The grass is getting mighty short in
the newspaper business in these parts.
If you don't believe it, just look over
our advertising columns.
Elder Chase received slight gun
shot wound in the arm yesterday while
quarrelling with Orvile Howard. The
shot was fired in self defense.
The weather prophets had better
hurry up and tell us what they don't
know about the kind of weather we are
to have this winter, or forever hold
their peace.
We found out at the last dance that
some of the prettiest and charmingest
girls ON the prairie do not lace them
selves up as tight as formerly. The
corset must 60.
The new board of county commission
ers will meet next Monday, and in
addition to the business of the regular
session will have to inspect the bonds o.
the county officials.
Miss. Rosa and Miss. Cora Belknal
left last evening for the lower country
Miss. Rosa will visit Porl land, returning
in couple of weeks. while Mss. Cor'
will proceed to Los Angeles where Slit
will reside indefinitely.
The young men who went broke oil
twenty-one the other day have dropped
onto great new scheme. They stay III
all night to keep from sleeping and slee
all day to keep from eating.
Births marriages and deaths are pub
ished without charge in this paper
Friends of parties having such event
happen in their neighborhood or fam
lies will oblige US ii they will send u
names and dates, SO as to ensure publ
cation.
DIR. Bibby has leased the eighty acre
and the big barn on the south side {
Main street and will feed his horses a
winter in order to have them in goo
shape for shipment in the spring. Ii
is under contract to make two shiI
ments during the year.
Down in the rutubaga country tt
papers boast about beet which inca
ures thirty one inches around the wal
and weighs thirteen pounds. And y
we've known them to raise beats the
measuring more than three feet arour
r the waist and weighing $50 pounds, al
they didn't blow about 'em either.
Our present road law seems to be in
perfect in a great many places, al
! should be amended, so that it could
2 understood and made practicable. III
3 present system of viewing roads al
assessing damages, is long and tediol
. and should be made palmer and IL
a expensive to the county, as well as
the petitioners. Under the present sy
T tenn of road work. in most cases t
= labor is virtually thrown away, on 1
: count of many persons being appoint
!. road oyerseers who know but little,
ANYTHING about working and repairi
public roads. The work on our coun
;. roads should be made permanent, a
a not temporary. The great trouble
working roads is that the present is on
e thought of, and not the future.
Is every case when road is repaired,
N should be permanent so that during {
n next one, two, three or even ten yea
- 1t would need but little work to keep
" in order. When a system of this XII